http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/index.htmlWe highlight an offering from one of today's columnists.en-caCopyright (c) The ProvinceSun, 26 Jun 2016 17:08:49 ZLISTVAPRVAPXNUTF81956172InformTagsOnlyallFeatured Columnnewsnews/Featured Column/story.html(c) Postmedia Network Inc.tag:www.theprovince.com:content=12010998http://www.theprovince.com/news/world/andrew+coyne+with+brexit+vote+britain+entered+game+cannot/12010998/story.htmlAndrew Coyne: With Brexit vote, Britain has entered a game it cannot winThis mess may yet serve as a horrifying example. Otherwise, the disaster is complete, an act of self-harm unprecedented in an advanced democracyFeatured ColumnSat, 25 Jun 2016 07:53:48 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12010925http://www.theprovince.com/news/vancouver/michael+smyth+students+fight+save+their+high+school+amid/12010925/story.htmlMichael Smyth: Vancouver students fight to save their high school amid budget showdownA dozen Vancouver schools are on the chopping block as the board of education faces off against the Christy Clark government in a bitter battle over school funding.Featured ColumnSun, 26 Jun 2016 19:48:16 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12006941http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/columnists/what+imperative+keep+breeding+bulls/12006941/story.htmlWayne Moriarty: It's time to ban pit bullsThe pit bull debate frustrates me. On the one hand, we have people who believe the breed should be protected. On the other, we have people who don&#8217;t want to be eaten. As hands go, and because I want to keep both of mine, I&#8217;m with the other. (If you have a pit bull and [&#8230;]Featured ColumnFri, 24 Jun 2016 16:45:24 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12010345http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/christie-blatchford-the-lost-chance-to-save-alexandru-radita-a-decade-before-his-deathChristie Blatchford: The lost chance to save Alexandru Radita came nine years before his deathChristie Blatchford: In December 2004, expert witnesses, social workers and Alexandru's foster mother all said the same thing &#8212; he was not safe with his parentsFeatured ColumnSun, 26 Jun 2016 16:48:01 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12006806http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/tandt+americans+come+north+learn+everything+they+need+know/12006806/story.htmlMichael Den Tandt: American politicians, come north and we will teach you about gun control and safetyThis is the result of years of sensible evolution in firearms practice that came under Liberal and Tory governments, and tested by farmers, hunters and sport shootersFeatured ColumnFri, 24 Jun 2016 03:30:28 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12004546http://www.theprovince.com/news/michael+smyth+very+public+very+political+battle+looms+over+vancouver/12004546/story.htmlMichael Smyth: Very public, very political, battle looms over Vancouver’s school closuresThe threat of a dozen Vancouver school closures doesn&#8217;t seem to worry Premier Christy Clark&#8217;s government in the run-up to the next election, probably because the city is not exactly a political hotbed for the Liberals. Of the 11 Vancouver electoral ridings, the governing Liberals hold just four seats. The rest are all held by [&#8230;]Featured ColumnThu, 23 Jun 2016 01:50:32 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12006495http://www.theprovince.com/news/vancouver/gordon+clark+groundswell+opposition+rises+against+city/12006495/story.htmlGordon Clark: Groundswell of opposition rises against city hallMany people hearing the complaints of Point Grey Road residents concerning Vision Vancouver&#8217;s decision to spend another $6.4 million on their &#8220;legacy&#8221; bike route &#8212; this time to widen a sidewalk, which includes axing dozens of trees &#8212; are apt to roll their eyes. Wealthy&#160;people with what some consider first-world problems usually don&#8217;t elicit much [&#8230;]Featured ColumnThu, 23 Jun 2016 18:49:32 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12001916http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/columnists/wayne+moriarty+make+that+final+concert+communal/12001916/story.htmlWayne Moriarty: Let’s make that final Hip concert a communal celebrationAs someone who fancies the odd icon or two in his life, the grim business of death has been a most unwelcome disruptor in 2016. David Bowie, Prince, Muhammad Ali, Gordie Howe, Morley Safer, Garry Shandling &#8230; Of all the celebrity news this year, whereby death has inserted itself in one form or another, the [&#8230;]Featured ColumnTue, 05 Jul 2016 18:38:49 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12004425http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/andrew+coyne+employees+employers+alike+live+regret/12004425/story.htmlAndrew Coyne: Employees and employers alike may live to regret ‘historic’ CPP agreementThe effect of the reform in many cases will not be to increase savings, but simply to shift them from private to public handsFeatured ColumnWed, 22 Jun 2016 23:11:59 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12001418http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/michael+tandt+sunny+summer+ahead+liberals+they+most/12001418/story.htmlMichael Den Tandt: Sunny summer ahead for Liberals as they put most troubles behind themPrime Minister Justin Trudeau&#8217;s Liberals are hitting the 2016 BBQ circuit with a breeze at their backs &#8212; as much because of how they&#8217;ve adjusted to mistakes, as their successesFeatured ColumnWed, 22 Jun 2016 23:08:13 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11999446http://www.theprovince.com/michael+smyth+premier+clark+liberal+party+stipend+stirs+more+controversy/11999446/story.htmlMichael Smyth: Premier Clark’s $50,000 Liberal party ‘stipend’ stirs more controversyWhen Premier Christy Clark was accused of conflict-of-interest over her $50,000 salary top-up from the B.C. Liberals, the party insisted she had nothing to do with the dollars-and-cents side of Liberal operations. &#8220;She does not set the ticket price of any fundraising events,&#8221; party president Sharon White said in a letter to conflict-of-interest commissioner Paul [&#8230;]Featured ColumnWed, 22 Jun 2016 18:47:18 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=12001970http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/jason+kenney+denies+report+poised+leave+federal+politics/12001970/story.htmlJason Kenney won’t confirm report he is poised to leave federal politics to unite Alberta’s rightAccording to the CBC, citing conservative strategist Tom Flanagan, among others, Kenney is planning to seek the leadership of the Alberta PC PartyFeatured ColumnWed, 22 Jun 2016 13:20:52 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11999366http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/andrew-coyne-a-successful-brexit-could-reignite-moribund-quebec-sovereignty-movementAndrew Coyne: A successful Brexit could reignite moribund Quebec sovereignty movementThe uncertainty is what makes Brexit so potentially dangerous. Likely, the U.K.&#8217;s awful fate might serve as a useful cautionary tale. But I&#8217;d rather not run the experimentFeatured ColumnTue, 21 Jun 2016 00:42:00 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11976021http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/christie-blatchford-cant-cure-a-pedophile-like-stuckless-but-you-can-rehabilitate-himChristie Blatchford: Can’t cure a pedophile like Stuckless but you can rehabilitate himStuckless, one of Canada&#8217;s most notorious pedophiles, is probably also one of the rarest, one who actually wants to stop and actually appears to have done soFeatured ColumnFri, 10 Jun 2016 00:15:45 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11973542http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/smyth+premier+clark+plan+keep+metro+vancouver+homes+affordable/11973542/story.htmlSmyth: Premier Clark has 'new plan' to keep Metro Vancouver homes affordablePremier Christy Clark has been slammed for doing little about spiralling Metro Vancouver real estate prices that have put the dream of home ownership beyond the reach of non-millionaires.Featured ColumnThu, 09 Jun 2016 02:49:19 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11975509http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/michael+tandt+unconstrained+senate+power+legislation/11975509/story.htmlMichael Den Tandt: Unconstrained Senate has the power to gut legislation — starting with assisted dying billThe unelected Upper Chamber is now freed from party control, a direct consequence of Justin Trudeau&#8217;s ejection of Liberal senators from the party in 2014Featured ColumnThu, 09 Jun 2016 19:57:39 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11973468http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/andrew+coyne+senate+activism+undermines+very+principle/11973468/story.htmlAndrew Coyne: New Senate activism undermines the very principle of democracyIf, on sober second thought, we agree that the principle of democracy comes first, then it is time the Senate were told to mind its placeFeatured ColumnThu, 09 Jun 2016 00:53:06 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11971187http://news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/matthew-fisher-buying-super-hornets-not-f-35s-will-saddle-air-force-with-the-wrong-aircraft-foreverMatthew Fisher: Buying Super Hornets, not F-35s, will saddle air force with ‘the wrong aircraft forever’There is no urgent need to bolster the fighter force right now, says a recently retired senior officer who believes the F-35 stealth fighter is what our military needsFeatured ColumnThu, 09 Jun 2016 23:20:39 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11968759http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/andew+coyne+guaranteed+minimum+income+could+work+canada/11968759/story.htmlAndew Coyne: How a guaranteed minimum income could work in CanadaEnsuring no one goes without, while restoring work incentives and granting greater choice in public services, would seem one of the best uses of public funds imaginableFeatured ColumnWed, 05 Oct 2016 16:14:01 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11968775http://www.theprovince.com/news/vancouver/smyth+premier+clark+fiddles+while+metro+vancouver+real/11968775/story.htmlSmyth: Premier Clark fiddles while Metro Vancouver's real estate market burnsWhy is Premier Christy Clark fiddling while the Metro Vancouver real-estate market burns, frying to a crisp the home-ownership dreams of non-millionaires?Featured ColumnTue, 07 Jun 2016 21:03:52 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11970574http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/michael+tandt+liberals+must+with+modernizing+canada+rapidly/11970574/story.htmlMichael Den Tandt: Liberals must get on with job of modernizing Canada’s rapidly aging air fleetCanada's CF-18s are long past their best-before date. Fewer than 80 of 138 are still flying; many are patched with parts cannibalized from those out of serviceFeatured ColumnWed, 08 Jun 2016 02:28:00 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11968538http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/christie+blatchford+standards+rescue+training/11968538/story.htmlChristie Blatchford: Why no standards for rescue training?The announcement last week from the Ontario coroner&#8217;s office of a coming inquest into two deaths got scant attentionFeatured ColumnMon, 06 Jun 2016 22:23:07 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11963380http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/playing+suckers+benevolent+canada+seen+98easy+mark+take/11963380/story.htmlPlaying us for suckers: Benevolent Canada seen as ‘easy mark’ to take Australia’s refugeesAustralian politicians have been casting around for an international solution, as if to say, &#8216;If we will not be misty-eyed, then who might?&#8217; Enter Justin TrudeauFeatured ColumnFri, 03 Jun 2016 23:26:12 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11958032http://www.theprovince.com/opinion/opinion+real+conversation+about+death+need+have/11958032/story.htmlOpinion: The real conversation about death and why we need to have itA deadline looms for the Canadian government to change our law on physician-assisted suicide. So it&#8217;s no surprise that this method of dying, with its deep, polarizing moral questions, is grabbing the headlines.Featured ColumnThu, 02 Jun 2016 18:02:24 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11957908http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/smyth+time+kick+scalpers+provincial+parks/11957908/story.htmlSmyth: Time to kick scalpers out of B.C.'s provincial parksThe B.C. environment ministry says it's open to any and all suggestions for improving its online reservation system for campsites in provincial parks.Featured ColumnThu, 02 Jun 2016 19:18:39 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11953075http://www.theprovince.com/news/world/christie+blatchford+gorilla+over/11953075/story.htmlChristie Blatchford: It’s a gorilla, get over itThey put Harambe down, and faster than you can say Jack the Bear (with all due respect to bears), a whole whack of people immediately lost their mindsFeatured ColumnTue, 31 May 2016 04:44:27 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11953044http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/smyth+premier+clark+real+estate+road+trip+asia+sparks+uproar/11953044/story.htmlSmyth: Premier Clark's real-estate road trip in Asia sparks uproarPremier Christy Clark wants everyone to know that those two real-estate companies on her Asian trade mission are not using the trip to sell Metro Vancouver homes to rich foreigners.Featured ColumnTue, 31 May 2016 22:59:10 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11952997http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/andrew+coyne+conservatives+seem+liberated+after+their/11952997/story.htmlAndrew Coyne: Conservatives seem liberated by their election defeatPower was a devil&#8217;s bargain for the Tories. They won government, but gave up not only their principles, but their freedom, and ultimately their self-respectFeatured ColumnMon, 30 May 2016 23:52:32 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11950702http://www.theprovince.com/news/world/trudeau+long+stirs+international+adulation+with+every+move/11950702/story.htmlTrudeau no longer stirs international adulation with every move but G7 offered quiet victoriesMatthew Fisher: There were no school girls giggling or TV crews fawning over Justin Trudeau during the 100 hours he spent in Japan last weekFeatured ColumnMon, 30 May 2016 02:01:52 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11950887http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/michael+tandt+trudeau+laugh+conservatives+wants+liberals/11950887/story.htmlMichael Den Tandt: Trudeau can laugh at Conservatives all he wants, but Liberals better watch their backsMichael Den Tandt: Apparently in thrall to their new coalition, the best Liberals can manage is jokes playing on a Tory stereotype that is being rolled back by the dayFeatured ColumnSun, 29 May 2016 22:04:44 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11947751http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/andrew+coyne+harper+made+bigger+mark+party+leader+than/11947751/story.htmlAndrew Coyne: Harper made bigger mark as party leader than as Prime MinisterIf his followers couldn&#8217;t make the case for his significance as prime minister, Stephen Harper wasn&#8217;t about to tryFeatured ColumnFri, 27 May 2016 21:36:30 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11949840http://www.theprovince.com/news/bc/unhappy+campers+roast+reservation+system+marshmallows/11949840/story.htmlSmyth: Unhappy B.C. campers roast reservation system, not marshmallowsInstead of the flickering flames of crackling campfires, they stare into the dull glow of computer screens showing every campsite at their favourite provincial park already booked and unavailable.Featured ColumnSun, 29 May 2016 15:02:55 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11945100http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/christie+blatchford+still+confusion+over+forcillo/11945100/story.htmlChristie Blatchford: Still confusion over Forcillo’s conviction on attempting to murder a dead manUnusually if not uniquely, the now police officer was charged with both second-degree murder and attempted murder in Sammy Yatim&#8217;s deathFeatured ColumnFri, 27 May 2016 00:28:03 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11945273http://www.theprovince.com/news/world/matthew+fisher+trudeau+mixed+success+first+summit+wraps+japan/11945273/story.htmlMatthew Fisher: Trudeau has mixed success as his first G7 summit wraps up in JapanTrudeau got a commitment from the others to not pay ransoms to terrorists, but made less impact promoting fiscal stimulus through infrastructure spendingFeatured ColumnSat, 28 May 2016 01:58:44 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11942441http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/andrew+coyne+cancon+model+98broken+misbegotten+from+start/11942441/story.htmlAndrew Coyne: The CanCon model isn’t ‘broken,’ it was misbegotten from the startIt isn&#8217;t just that we've chosen the wrong policies to promote cultural nationalism, or that they've become obsolete. It&#8217;s that the whole pursuit was wrong-headedFeatured ColumnThu, 26 May 2016 00:39:24 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11941907http://www.theprovince.com/entertainment/music/matt+gurney+resonates+canada/11941907/story.htmlMatt Gurney: Why the Hip resonates in CanadaAlong comes a group of guys from Kingston, Ont., and they nail Canada without even trying.Featured ColumnWed, 25 May 2016 20:47:32 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11942366http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/christie+blatchford+sammy+yatim+98was+himself+night+killed/11942366/story.htmlChristie Blatchford: Sammy Yatim ‘was not himself’ on night he was killed, mother tells courtBoth parents told the Judge that the boy much of Canada saw via extensive video of what happened on the streetcar that night was not the boy they knewFeatured ColumnWed, 25 May 2016 23:48:21 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11941645http://www.theprovince.com/news/national/kady+99malley+ethics+regime+under+harper+tenure+follow/11941645/story.htmlKady O’Malley: Ethics regime set up under Harper’s tenure may follow former PM into his post-public lifeWherever his interests may take him, Harper will have to ensure he stays well within the stringent rules for appropriate post-political activitiesFeatured ColumnWed, 25 May 2016 23:14:10 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11942177http://www.theprovince.com/news/world/matthew+fisher+with+visits+vietnam+hiroshima+obama+steals/11942177/story.htmlMatthew Fisher: With visits to Vietnam and Hiroshima, Obama steals spotlight from G7 meetingObama&#8217;s agenda has left the other leaders in limbo. None has been the centre of attention, but that could change briefly when they meet on ThursdayFeatured ColumnWed, 25 May 2016 22:54:44 Ztag:www.theprovince.com:content=11934122http://www.theprovince.com/news/canadian+politics/andrew+coyne+hopefully+merely+playing+vastly/11934122/story.htmlAndrew Coyne: Hopefully MPs are merely playing a vastly cynical game over Trudeau’s shenanigansI&#8217;d like to think that, because it would be preferable to what I suspect is the case: that these people have actually come to believe the rubbish they are spoutingFeatured ColumnSat, 21 May 2016 21:49:12 Z